wikis

=What is a Wiki?= A wiki  is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most content very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing.

The name comes from the Hawaiian word for "quick," and the term is generally attributed to Ward Cunningham, who, in 1995 set out to create "the simplest database that would work." Devoted to the search for useful and reusable patterns in software development, Cunningham's WikiWikiWeb still remains today a benchmark in wiki development.

However, the characteristic that has most strikingly set wikis apart from other web based forums and discussions is that of multiple contributors. Unlike a blog, for example, which has one main identifiable author, a wiki web page may be authored and edited by a number of people. Not only may an individual contributor edit their own work, but also the work of others. Some speak of wiki pages in their purest form as never being finished and always in the process of being edited and expanded.

Wiki Resources
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm
 * Wikis in Education**

http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp
 * Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not